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" People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world. "
Cory Booker
Miss
People
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" Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good. "
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" Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day. "
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" I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way. "
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" 'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss. "
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" As a government leader, I'm not going to sit on the sidelines and watch all these other sectors innovate. I'm going to do everything I can as a leader to be in that innovation, to be a provocateur for that innovation. "
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" There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate. "
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" I just know that I'm innovative. I'm a quick thinker... In Washington, I just want to be a senator who finds a way to drive change and not figure out a way to conform. "
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" More than anything, we must do better for our children's education. "
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" We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road. "
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" Government has got to open up and engage citizenry as partners. "
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" We have Donald Trump standing up as one of the greatest fear-mongers in this nation's history. He's trying to make us afraid of each other. "
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" I'm very concerned about U.S. food policy. "
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" Do not forget from whence you've come. "
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" We're all tired of a Washington that has these partisan camps where nothing gets done. "
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" The joke I always make is I'm either running for reelection, running for Senate, running for governor, or running for my life. The latter is also a viable possibility. "
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Always
Running
" Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don't want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don't come out and vote for her, for shame. "
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" I reject the idea that the guy who comes out of Yale and goes to work in the projects in Newark is good, and the guy who goes to work for a white-shoe law firm is bad. We're all mountain rangers. We all have peaks and valleys. "
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" What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can't get a job, you can't get a loan, you can't get a Pell grant, you can't get public housing. "
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" We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny. "
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" I debated between law school and divinity. "
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" No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills. "
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" When they told me I couldn't sit on the Senate floor with an iPad - that the technology wasn't even permitted - I breathed deep and knew that I was going to have to start pushing. "
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